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Not the first time, and the Kurds always came back for more.
Yeah this keeps happening since at least since the first Gulf War, when Bush Sr. encouraged them to rebel, telling them the US had their backs, but then did nothing and allowed Hussein’s forces to mow them down from helicopters.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991_Iraqi_uprisings#U.S._non-intervention_controversy